Samsung announce 2TB 850 PRO and 850 EVO SSDs
Today, Samsung has announced a 2TB 850 PRO and 850 EVO SSDs. The new SSDs will be available in 50 countries soon. Thanks to the 3D Vertical NAND (V-NAND), Samsung was able to create such a massive capacity SSDs. Samsung is offering a 10 year warranty for both models. Performance side both can attain up to 550MB/s sequential read and up to 520MB/s sequential write speeds. Samsung has used 128 individual 32-layer 128Gb 3D V-NAND flash chips to setup the 2TB capacity. Even with extra chips, Samsung has managed to keep the thickness same as 1TB capacity variant.
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“Samsung experienced surge in demand for 500 gigabyte (GB) and higher capacity SSDs with the introduction of our V-NAND SSDs. The release of the 2TB SSD is a strong driver into the era of multi-terabyte SSD solutions,” said Un-Soo Kim, Senior Vice President of Branded Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics. “We will continue to expand our ultra-high performance and large density SSD product portfolio and provide a new computing experience to users around the globe.”
Key Specification
Samsung SSD 850 PRO Series
Usage applications Client PCs
Capacity* 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB (1,024GB)
Dimensions (L x W x H) 100 x 69.85 x 6.8 (mm)
Interface SATA 6Gb/s (compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s)
Form factor 2.5 inch
NAND flash memory Samsung 3-core MEX controller
DRAM cache memory 256MB (128GB) or 512MB (256GB&512GB) or 1GB (1TB) LPDDR2
Performance** Sequential Read Max. 550MB/s
Sequential Write** Max. 520MB/s (256GB/512GB/1TB)
Max. 470MB/s (128GB)
4KB Random Read (QD1) Max. 10,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write (QD1) Max. 36,000 IOPS
4KB Random Read (QD32) Max. 100,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write (QD32) Max. 90,000 IOPS
TRIM support Yes (Requires OS support)
Garbage collection Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Yes
Security AES 256-bit Full Disk Encryption (FDE)
TCG/Opal v2.0, Encrypted Drive (IEEE1667)
Weight Max. 66g (1TB)
Reliability MTBF : 2 million hours
TBW 128 / 256GB : 150TBW (Terabytes Written), 512GB / 1TB : 300TBW (Terabytes Written)
Power consumption*** Active Read (Average) : Max. 3.3W (1TB)
Active Write (Average) : Max. 3.0W (1TB)
Idle : Max. 0.4W
Device Sleep : 2mW
Temperature Operating : 0℃ to 70℃
Non-Operating : -40℃ to 84℃
Humidity 5% to 95%, non-condensing
Vibration Non-operating : 20~2,000Hz, 20G
Shock Non-operating : 1500G , duration 0.5msec, 3axis
Warranty 10 years limited
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